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does the Bible communicate concerning the responsibility of teaching
young Christian children? To find the answers to these questions and
more, you may want to consider joining the
Christian Education
Awareness Network
(CEANet).
James Boyes
" It
is time we get our kids out of the public schools."
Dr. Tim
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"I
think it's time to get our kids out [of public schools]."
Dr. James
Dobson, Focus on the Family
The best way to light
our world is to be distinct from the darkness, and homeschooling certainly helps to set us apart
from the worldly culture in which we live. I have had more opportunities
to share the gospel because I was homeschooled than I ever would have
had in a public school."
- Israel Wayne, Author
Homeschooling from a Biblical Worldview
"The only realistic
way to fulfill the Biblical mandate to raise our children in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord is to homeschool in the current culture."
- Mike Smith, President
Home School Legal Defense Association
 The
best gift we can give our children, is a complete Godly
upbringing in a loving home, safe from the worldly
influences that lure them away from faith in Jesus.
Homeschool your preschoolers, homeschool all the years."
Denise Kanter
"I
just wanted to let you know your site brought tears to my eyes.
I am new to homeschooling and did not do it by choice. God
made sure I had no other alternative (talk about closing doors)
and I was not happy about it until I started doing it. I
had been praying for God to make his purpose for me known and
after a lot of prayer I knew I was meant to be a mother, but
that was not all God had in mind. Once I started
homeschooling I knew this was my purpose. I LOVE IT!
I went from being against homeschooling to being a huge advocate! I have
seen such positive changes in my kindergartener since she came
home. It took 3 months to flush out what 3 weeks of public
school had done to her! We both LOVE it and she actually
dreads the weekends! Anyway I was moved by your site as it
expressed everything I feel inside. Homeschooling is such
a blessing and so important! Thanks for your hard work in
providing this site." Geneva B.
"Thank you very much for taking the time to
answer my questions and easing my concerns. Thank you for
all the information. I will pray for your organization and
others like yours. You are truly God-sent. Thank You."
Chauntrell V.
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We hope the following information will help you
make the decision to bring your children home to be
educated and trained with a biblical worldview. God is faithful to
bless you whether you start homeschooling when your
child is 5 or 15. As one mom said,
"Once
I started homeschooling I knew this was my purpose. I LOVE IT!
I went from being against homeschooling to being a huge
advocate! I have seen such positive changes in my kindergartener since she
came home."
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Brief
History of
Education
For the
first 200
years of
education in
North
America, the
primary goal
of schooling
was to
foster
religious
devotion.
The original
Puritan and
Separatist
colonists,
inheriting
the
Reformation's
concern that
everyone be
able to read
the Bible,
opened
schools for
the purpose
of teaching
children how
to study the
Scriptures.
A biblically
literate
population
was seen as
the best
insurance
for a
successful
society.
Our founding
fathers
recognized
that
education
should
primarily
serve to
encourage
faith in
Christ. They
acknowledged
that
civilization's
health and
very
existence
depended on
people who
understood
and lived
Christian
principles.
George
Washington
said, "True
religion
affords
government
its surest
support. The
future of
this nation
depends on
the
Christian
training of
the youth.
It is
impossible
to govern
without the
Bible."
Noah Webster
wrote, "The
education of
Youth is an
employment
of more
consequence
than making
laws and
preaching
the gospel,
because it
lays the
foundation
on which
both law and
gospel rest
for
success."
In the
1830's,
however,
secular
concepts
began
infiltrating
the
worldview of
US citizens.
Horace Mann,
the "Father
of American
Public
Education,"
conceived of
an
educational
system
without any
religious
creed
(faith).
This was the
beginning of
a long
process of
excluding
God from
public
education.
From this
time on,
education
was seen
increasingly
as a tool to
indoctrinate
the public
with
secularism
and
humanism.
Secularism
seeks to
remove God's
existence,
or at least
His
relevance,
from
reality.
Humanism
centers the
universe on
humanity,
making man,
rather than
a divine
creator, its
most
important
being.
"Education
is thus a
most
powerful
ally of
humanism.
What can the
theistic
Sunday
schools,
meeting for
an hour once
a week, and
teaching
only a
fraction of
the
children, do
to stem the
tide of a
five-day
program of
humanistic
teaching?"
wrote
Charles
Francis
Potter,
signer of
the 1933
Humanist
Manifesto &
author of
Humanism: A
New
Religion.
Consider a
Christian
Home
Education
for your
children. No
other
environment
can provide
the safety
of a whole
Christian
worldview
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Homeschooling Ministry™
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Will your children believe in Jesus
when they graduate from high school?
Homeschooled: 94%
Public Schooled: 15%
94% of homeschoolers keep the faith and 93% continue to attend church
after the high school years. But a shocking 75% to 85% of Christian
children sent to public school drop out of church, and do not hold a
Christian worldview after high school graduation.
By grade eight, the average homeschooled student performs four grade
levels above their public and private school counterparts.
A background in teaching is not necessary; in fact, "home educated
students' test scores remained between the 80th and 90th percentiles,
whether their mothers had a college degree or did not complete high
school."
What does God say about education?
Homeschooling is the most Biblical form of education.
God addresses parents as the educators of
their own children:
"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them
when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down,
and when you rise up."
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7
"All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be
the peace of your children."
- Isaiah 54:13
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it."
- Proverbs 22:6
Jesus said: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both
fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is
fully trained will be like his teacher."
- Luke 6:39, 40
"Learn not the way of the heathen."
- Jeremiah 10:2
"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools
suffers harm."
- Proverbs 13:20
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Zan Tyler, Author of 7
Tools for Cultivating Your Child's Potential, reported that new research
reveals 92% of children from Christian homes will reject
Jesus:
Zan writes, "I spoke this winter at
Sally Clarkson's WholeHearted Mother Conference in
Dallas on "Seven Tools for
Cultivating Your Child's Potential." As I discussed tool
number four (Developing a Christian Worldview), I gave some
of these same startling statistics. One mother sought me out
after the workshop and informed me that her husband works
for Josh McDowell Ministry. She said the statistic they are
now using for evangelical children (actually teens and young
adults) abandoning the faith is 92 percent. 92 percent! That
is catastrophic."
Did you know the latest study by Dr.
Brian Ray discovered 94% of children educated at home will
keep their faith in Jesus?
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85% of children from Christian homes
that attend public schools for 12 years will reject Christ
by high school graduation.
Dr. Robert Simonds of the Center for
Excellence in Education (CEE) has spent over 35 years
teaching in Public schools. He has more experience
than just about anyone. Dr. Simonds contacted parents of church children who went
K-12* in public schools (in 1990) and found that 85% of all
those children left their church and faith by 12th grade.
The Southern Baptist Council on Family Life
reported to the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist
Convention that 88 percent of the children raised in
evangelical homes leave church at the age of 18, never to
return;
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200406/200406030.asp -
We acknowledge that this study took into account all forms
of education, but we know that most Baptists (80-90%) send
their kids to public schools.
We hope that this information will help you
see why we feel this message is vital. We will not change
the minds of everyone, but we know that children taught at
home with the Bible as the foundation to their
education have the best chance to not only keep their faith,
but maintain a strong Christian worldview throughout their
lifetime. For more information on the children that keep
their faith who have been homeschooled, visit
www.nheri.org.
Percentages affect peoples thoughts, but it
is not about the percentages, it is about what God has said
how we should raise our children. He is not silent about a
child's education. Education is not neutral. It is
either for Christ or against.
"All
Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for training in righteousness". 2 Timothy 3:15
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